Lake District Coast Aquarium
A small independent aquarium on Maryport harbourside, with a cafe, a tackle shop and crazy golf outside, and it is genuinely a wet-day option. Well-behaved dogs are welcome in the cafe and the gift shop, but only guide dogs may go into the aquarium exhibits.
Maryport Coastal Park and Bank End
North along the promenade from the sea wall car park onto the grassland of the coastal park at Bank End, then back on the inland path below the Roman fort site. It is short, open and entirely on made surfaces and grass, with the Solway on one side and Criffel across the water, and it is where most of Maryport walks its dogs. The seaward grass is unfenced above a shingle shore, so a dog can get down to the water at several points. Cumberland Council designates Land at Ennerdale Road, at the southern end, as both a dogs-on-lead and a dog exclusion area, so read the signs before crossing the grass there.
Maryport Promenade and South Beach
Sand and shingle running south from the Georgian harbour, with a promenade above it and the Solway opening out to the north. No seasonal dog ban applies to the beach; the play areas at Camp Road and Ennerdale Road are dog exclusion areas under the council order.